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Brisbane locks down as new strains put Australia on high alert

Nation's third-largest city saw a woman testing positive for UK strain despite undergoing isolation

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Viral video of MAEPS Covid-19 centre congestion ‘confusing’: Disaster Management Agency

It shows the normal situation during the daily discharge process, says Nadma

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Lockdown on 8 longhouses as Covid-19 spreads in Sarawak’s interior

Funeral gathering at one longhouse believed to have sparked wide-scale transmission in the hinterland

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S’pore jails woman for lying to coronavirus contact tracers

Woman hid meetings with a male friend for fear her family would think she was having an affair

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Covid-19 is nature’s revenge for exploiting wildlife: biologist

Nipah virus another example of infections jumping from animals to humans, says Dr Wong Siew Te

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Employers hail mass screenings as 2nd MCO fears loom

Companies on board with plan to detect and isolate positive Covid-19 cases faster

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WHO urges rich countries to stop jumping vaccine queue

While 50% of high-income countries are vaccinating, 0% of low-income countries are, says organisation's Covax lead

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Viral videos, photos of jam-packed MAEPS quarantine centre raise concerns

Long queues of people with no protection besides masks, beds crammed close indicate revolting conditions

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London declares ‘major incident’, fears NHS collapse

Mayor Sadiq Khan warns hospitals could be overwhelmed in the wake of a new, more infectious strain of Covid-19

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Cheras Puspakom branch closes temporarily after staff tests positive for Covid-19

Contact tracing underway and all staff to undergo screening tests, says Puspakom

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Indonesia daily virus caseload surpasses 10,000

The republic reports 10,617 new cases overnight, with 233 deaths recorded. 

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Prepare for another MCO, Penang economic, industrial sectors told

The federal government is expected to hold engagement sessions with stakeholders and industry representatives, says chief minister

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EU to purchase additional 300 mil doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The vaccine doses now contracted by the European Union is enough to cover 80% of its population